Art Gallery
Throughout the year, the walls of the Clubhouse host the work of different artists.
January 2020
This month’s exhibition is by Anne-Marie Mortier. She is a Belgian artist whose works reflects her love of colour and imagination.
She writes: “I am very much an amateur artist; painting to me is both a hobby and a passion. It is also a great help in escaping from, and dealing with, the stresses of life in busy times. I first became interested in art by watching my grandfather, father and uncle as each of them put paint to canvas and I was enthralled by the way in which they could bring such beauty to a blank sheet of paper.
I have dabbled in painting from a very young age but recently, having retired after 27 years of work at NATO HQ I have more time available to develop and experiment with different forms and textures. I paint what I see, what I feel, and sometimes what I see in my dreams.
I am absolutely thrilled to be able to show some of my work, although, being my first exhibition, I find it quite a humbling and daunting experience. I hope you will enjoy viewing my work”
Anne-Marie is having her vernissage on 12 January 2020 at the clubhouse from 15.00-17.00 hours. All are very welcome to discover her colourful, vibrant paintings, viewed in public for the first time, and of course, to meet the artist.
This month’s exhibition is by Anne-Marie Mortier. She is a Belgian artist whose works reflects her love of colour and imagination.
She writes: “I am very much an amateur artist; painting to me is both a hobby and a passion. It is also a great help in escaping from, and dealing with, the stresses of life in busy times. I first became interested in art by watching my grandfather, father and uncle as each of them put paint to canvas and I was enthralled by the way in which they could bring such beauty to a blank sheet of paper.
I have dabbled in painting from a very young age but recently, having retired after 27 years of work at NATO HQ I have more time available to develop and experiment with different forms and textures. I paint what I see, what I feel, and sometimes what I see in my dreams.
I am absolutely thrilled to be able to show some of my work, although, being my first exhibition, I find it quite a humbling and daunting experience. I hope you will enjoy viewing my work”
Anne-Marie is having her vernissage on 12 January 2020 at the clubhouse from 15.00-17.00 hours. All are very welcome to discover her colourful, vibrant paintings, viewed in public for the first time, and of course, to meet the artist.
December 2019
In December, we have a small winter gallery which highlights the artistic talents in the BCWCB art groups. 12 watercolours will be on display until 9 January.
Thinking ahead, a ballot box has been set up to collect your top three favourite paintings. These will be made into 2020 club Christmas cards with sales going to BCWCB funds.
Many thanks must go to the artists, Molly and Christophe, who have made this expo possible and to all those who take time to vote for their preferred paintings. Wishing you all a wonderful festive season,
inda Davidson and Kathy Whalley
In December, we have a small winter gallery which highlights the artistic talents in the BCWCB art groups. 12 watercolours will be on display until 9 January.
Thinking ahead, a ballot box has been set up to collect your top three favourite paintings. These will be made into 2020 club Christmas cards with sales going to BCWCB funds.
Many thanks must go to the artists, Molly and Christophe, who have made this expo possible and to all those who take time to vote for their preferred paintings. Wishing you all a wonderful festive season,
inda Davidson and Kathy Whalley
October 2019
Masha Trotzky is this month's artist. She was born in Moscow and started her art career in 2009. She became the 'Best Photographer of Russia' national award winner in 2010. She received the Silver Graphis Award in New York in 2014 and was awarded the Aesthetica Art Prize in the UK in 2015. An artist and jewellery designer, she has had exhibitions in Moscow, Florence, Barcelona, Hamburg, Milan, Bologna, Malmo and London. Please look for more information about Masha's work on http.//www.mashatrotzky.com/
Masha welcomes all to her vernissage on 20 October between 15.00 to 17.00 at the BCWCB Clubhouse to view and discuss her unique photographs.
Linda Davidson, Gallery Coordinator
September 2019
The September gallery will be showing a contemporary Belgian artist, known as Artemisia. Artemisia now lives in Marche-en-Famenne. She has been painting most of her life and already obtained a first prize for painting, in 1971. She studied interior design in Brussels, and painting in Namur as well as several other places, and under several teachers and guides.
Her contemporary and mostly abstract paintings are in watercolours and oils. Whilst looking at her canvas, Artemisia creates in tune with the sounds that are within her. She makes her way to an abstraction which may not really be one.
Artemisia says:
Since I was very young, I was attracted by colour, light and drawing. Whilst enjoying many techniques, I especially love oils and abstract painting which liberates the mind. For me, nothing exists on earth, unless it has been thought of. My transparent colours allow the light to shine through and reveal the under layers.
Each painting is an emotional moment, made of silence which escapes the noisy world. But in that silence, nothing is empty, I travel the invisible path to reach the visible one. Painters such as Turner, Monet, Cezanne and Zao Wou Ki have guided my approach.
Artemisia has exhibited in several towns and centres throughout her career, namely Brussels' Contemporary Art Fair, the Carousel du Louvre in Paris, Le Cannet and Sainte Marie de la mer, in France, Art galleries in Tournai, Knokke, Brussels, Liège, Mons, Beersel, Floreffe... and many many more centres exhibiting excellent art.
The Club is very honoured to host such a prestigious artist.
You are sincerely invited to the preview of Artemisia's work on Sunday 15 September at 15.00 at the Clubhouse.
The September gallery will be showing a contemporary Belgian artist, known as Artemisia. Artemisia now lives in Marche-en-Famenne. She has been painting most of her life and already obtained a first prize for painting, in 1971. She studied interior design in Brussels, and painting in Namur as well as several other places, and under several teachers and guides.
Her contemporary and mostly abstract paintings are in watercolours and oils. Whilst looking at her canvas, Artemisia creates in tune with the sounds that are within her. She makes her way to an abstraction which may not really be one.
Artemisia says:
Since I was very young, I was attracted by colour, light and drawing. Whilst enjoying many techniques, I especially love oils and abstract painting which liberates the mind. For me, nothing exists on earth, unless it has been thought of. My transparent colours allow the light to shine through and reveal the under layers.
Each painting is an emotional moment, made of silence which escapes the noisy world. But in that silence, nothing is empty, I travel the invisible path to reach the visible one. Painters such as Turner, Monet, Cezanne and Zao Wou Ki have guided my approach.
Artemisia has exhibited in several towns and centres throughout her career, namely Brussels' Contemporary Art Fair, the Carousel du Louvre in Paris, Le Cannet and Sainte Marie de la mer, in France, Art galleries in Tournai, Knokke, Brussels, Liège, Mons, Beersel, Floreffe... and many many more centres exhibiting excellent art.
The Club is very honoured to host such a prestigious artist.
You are sincerely invited to the preview of Artemisia's work on Sunday 15 September at 15.00 at the Clubhouse.
June 2019
June brings to the Gallery the annual Ladies Art Group Summer Exhibition. These are members from both Molly Tchokanova and Christophe Castiau's painting groups. You will get a chance to view the best of their work done over the last year.
Molly, Christophe and the artists welcome you all to the vernissage on 16 June between 15.00 and 17.00 at the Clubhouse.
April/May 2019
Throughout April and May the Clubhouse walls will be decorated with prints collected by Rose Mooney and her husband Gerry. Rose has sent a short text for Passport about the family's collection.
One of my greatest joys in life is visiting art exhibitions and art galleries. The collection on display during April and May is an eclectic mix of oil paintings, watercolours, engravings and prints which I have collected on my travels in France, Italy, and Spain as well as from art exhibitions here in Belgium. Due to the fact that my husband and I will be moving in the course of this year from our house to an apartment, which is a much smaller space, I have had to accept the fact that we simply cannot take them all with us. My hope is that they will find a loving home and at the same time benefit the Club as I will be donating part of the proceeds to our much needed Clubhouse Staircase Fund." Members are very welcome to join Rose and her husband for a vernissage on Sunday 14 April at 15.00.
February 2019
We have a double treat for February and March in having two club artists, Rosemary Breger and Fiona Carson showing their work. Their styles are completely different, Rosemary is a water colourist whereas Fiona paints only with a palette knife using acrylics. These two techniques differ widely but in a strange way complement each other. Please come to their interesting vernissage on Sunday 10 February, starting at 15.00 and read further below each artists’ thoughts on their artistic journey to this exhibition.
Fiona Carson My first foray into the world of painting at the age of 14 was short-lived. At my very academic school, only those going to the Glasgow School of art carried on with art after the third year. I was not one of those, but to my huge surprise the new art teacher awarded the end of year first place to myself and another equally untalented girl. We then had to attend the Glasgow Schools’ Art Competition at the Museum and Art Gallery. We were thrilled to get out of school but less happy when we found that we were expected to do REAL painting. Copying Old Masters, painting stuffed tigers etc. Luckily we discovered a simple cactus, painted quickly and left. The teacher came to see what we had achieved but we had gone!! So ended my short artistic career! However 50 years later I bravely took the step of joining Christophe Castiaux’s acrylic class. After a couple of disastrous efforts with a brush he handed me a painting knife and the world of painting opened up for me. I paint landscapes of places I love and am so grateful to Christophe for encouraging and teaching me with such patience and humour. I have lots to learn but improving is part of the fun!
Rosemary Breger Age does have benefits. You’ve just got to look for them...with your glasses on. The older I get, the more convinced I am of the need to seize the moment, savour, enjoy, be inspired. So I paint and write. I look for light, delight, colour, humour. Aiming to reproduce any of the latter turns out, for me, to be an exercise where humility needs to be balanced or reinvigorated by playfulness. In the end, it is the joyous but frustrating energy of creating that keeps me going.
June brings to the Gallery the annual Ladies Art Group Summer Exhibition. These are members from both Molly Tchokanova and Christophe Castiau's painting groups. You will get a chance to view the best of their work done over the last year.
Molly, Christophe and the artists welcome you all to the vernissage on 16 June between 15.00 and 17.00 at the Clubhouse.
April/May 2019
Throughout April and May the Clubhouse walls will be decorated with prints collected by Rose Mooney and her husband Gerry. Rose has sent a short text for Passport about the family's collection.
One of my greatest joys in life is visiting art exhibitions and art galleries. The collection on display during April and May is an eclectic mix of oil paintings, watercolours, engravings and prints which I have collected on my travels in France, Italy, and Spain as well as from art exhibitions here in Belgium. Due to the fact that my husband and I will be moving in the course of this year from our house to an apartment, which is a much smaller space, I have had to accept the fact that we simply cannot take them all with us. My hope is that they will find a loving home and at the same time benefit the Club as I will be donating part of the proceeds to our much needed Clubhouse Staircase Fund." Members are very welcome to join Rose and her husband for a vernissage on Sunday 14 April at 15.00.
February 2019
We have a double treat for February and March in having two club artists, Rosemary Breger and Fiona Carson showing their work. Their styles are completely different, Rosemary is a water colourist whereas Fiona paints only with a palette knife using acrylics. These two techniques differ widely but in a strange way complement each other. Please come to their interesting vernissage on Sunday 10 February, starting at 15.00 and read further below each artists’ thoughts on their artistic journey to this exhibition.
Fiona Carson My first foray into the world of painting at the age of 14 was short-lived. At my very academic school, only those going to the Glasgow School of art carried on with art after the third year. I was not one of those, but to my huge surprise the new art teacher awarded the end of year first place to myself and another equally untalented girl. We then had to attend the Glasgow Schools’ Art Competition at the Museum and Art Gallery. We were thrilled to get out of school but less happy when we found that we were expected to do REAL painting. Copying Old Masters, painting stuffed tigers etc. Luckily we discovered a simple cactus, painted quickly and left. The teacher came to see what we had achieved but we had gone!! So ended my short artistic career! However 50 years later I bravely took the step of joining Christophe Castiaux’s acrylic class. After a couple of disastrous efforts with a brush he handed me a painting knife and the world of painting opened up for me. I paint landscapes of places I love and am so grateful to Christophe for encouraging and teaching me with such patience and humour. I have lots to learn but improving is part of the fun!
Rosemary Breger Age does have benefits. You’ve just got to look for them...with your glasses on. The older I get, the more convinced I am of the need to seize the moment, savour, enjoy, be inspired. So I paint and write. I look for light, delight, colour, humour. Aiming to reproduce any of the latter turns out, for me, to be an exercise where humility needs to be balanced or reinvigorated by playfulness. In the end, it is the joyous but frustrating energy of creating that keeps me going.